Day: October 31, 2018

Tamilnadu Chief Minister K Palaniswami Wednesday launched various initiatives completed at an estimated cost of a little over Rs 620 crore in the Energy, Home and Highways departments.

Sri Lanka’s Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya Wednesday refused to give an opinion to parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya on the current political impasse over the sacking of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, saying it would be “deemed inappropriate”.

A teacher of a private school here was taken into custody after he allegedly beat up a nine-year-old boy for not completing his assignment, police said Wednesday.

A group of Japanese doctors Wednesday urged Olympic organisers to start the Tokyo 2020 marathon as early as 5.30 am, saying failure to do so could “lead to deaths” from heatstroke.

While 108 emergency is an all-inclusive one, 104 is a medical helpline that provides information, advice and complaints on healthcare comprising both physical and mental. Of late, there has been several incidents that reveal how people have been affected psychologically.

On a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled an imposing 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the world’s tallest, veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy demanded to know why a bigger statue of Mahatma Gandhi was not built by the BJP.

In a special gesture, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted some meticulously tailored “Modi jackets” to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, who expressed a liking for them during his first state visit to the country in July.

They developed a community centre in December 2016 to support five villages on the outskirts of Chennai – Pudhuvoyal, S Panapakkam, Madhavaram, Keelmeni and Durainallur. More than 770 households benefit through this initiative.

A brief session of the Kerala Assembly would be held from 26 November to 13 December.

Governor Banwarilal Purohit led the State in paying rich tributes to the ‘Iron Man’ of India, when he paid floral tributes to a decorated portrait of the of the leader at a function held at the Raj Bhavan.